Innishkea South: Abandoned Houses
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Abandoned houses on Innishkea Island South off the Mayo coast. 16.08.2015.
The Inishkea Islands (Goose Islands, Irish: Inis Gé) are situated off the coast of the Mullet peninsula in Ireland. There are two main islands - Inishkea North and Inishkea South. The islands lie between Inishglora to their north and Duvillaun to their south, off the Mullet's west coast, and offer some protection to the mainland coast from the power of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. The underlying rock of the Inishkea Island is that of gneiss and schist, the same as that on the Mullet. The islands are relatively low lying and are covered in machair. Fine white sand is found everywhere, often blown into drifts by the strong winds especially along the beach beside the harbour where it fills the houses of the abandoned village. The sea surrounding the islands is crystal clear. The inhabitants of both Inishkea North and South left the islands in the 1930s after most of their young men died at sea in a storm.
great video ,gives an insight into the desolation of the community that lived there. would love to see SOME of those ruins restored to habitable dwellings. 😊
I'm in this with my family at 16:11 on the boat.... that's amazing...
Must add that this is a great video and covers the Island houses very well. The rabbits were busy that day. They are no longer nocturnal on the Island since the people left
My maternal grandma's parents, Lavelles and Dunleavys came from there.
Is it possible to spend time on this island, are any of the buildings, livable?
A nice place for retreat. Go raibh mhaith agat. Slan go foill.
Go raibh mhaith agat alig, ta an oilean go deas.
fazer, porque esta casas abandond ??? It has food (sheep) and this great house?
A população vivia isolada e a maioria emigrava pros Estados Unidos.
Sorry but the name has no connection to Geese wild or domesticated. Although the Island is well known for its Barnacle Geese this is a phonetic mistranslation. It is INIS CE or INIS CEIDH in Irish. It is name in honour of the Saint who resided there Saint Ceidh or Kay. See my book Amongst Our Own - The Inniskeas
Hello Thomas! Stephen here in america